Trimdon Limestone Quarry

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Trimdon Limestone Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Sedgefield district of County Durham, England. It lies about 1 km west of the village of Trimdon Grange and about 5 km east of the village of Coxhoe.

The site is an abandoned quarry and exposed to a section of the Ford Formation of Late Permian magnesian limestone. The site is nationally important for an interpretation of the geological history of the Ford Formation carbonates.^[1]

The abandoned quarry workings include an area of floristically-rich magnesian limestone grassland, a habitat which is nationally scarce in Britain, with only an estimated 270 ha remaining.^[1]

The site is part of a larger area that is managed by the Durham Wildlife Trust as the Trimdon Grange Quarry nature reserve.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Trimdon Limestone Quarry" (PDF). English Nature. 1992. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
^ "Trimdon Grange Quarry" (PDF). Durham Wildlife Trust. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[SSSI-1] "Trimdon Limestone Quarry" (PDF). English Nature. 1992. Retrieved 20 July 2010.

[2] "Trimdon Grange Quarry" (PDF). Durham Wildlife Trust. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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